tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post6821587631234075559..comments2024-03-28T09:16:33.241+00:00Comments on Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: Secret GardenSue Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-19545919752091941132010-11-18T22:00:18.157+00:002010-11-18T22:00:18.157+00:00Hi Sue
I was in a production of The Secret Garden ...Hi Sue<br />I was in a production of The Secret Garden in Bristol a few years ago, playing a man who thought he'd lost his spirit. The point about the garden is that it appears barren for a while, but its contents are still "wick" as they say in 19th c. Yorkshire. What seems desolate and hopeless is teeming with potential.<br /><br />For you, rollon Spring, and without going all Keats on you, reverse the Ode on Melancholy thus - "she dwells with beauty, beauty that migh seem to die for a while, but actually then revives spectacularly"<br /><br />All the best <br /><br />John TTJonathan Pembrokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011576136858352599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-79758059859257673822010-11-14T18:01:55.437+00:002010-11-14T18:01:55.437+00:00Ken - That's incredibly astute!
I am totally i...Ken - That's incredibly astute!<br />I am totally in the zone, you're spot on. <br />At first I used to stress over everything, get myself upset all the time, but over the years I've definitely discovered "the zone."<br />You described it perfectly.<br />There are worse places to be.Sue Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-6746975296091134842010-11-14T13:41:59.507+00:002010-11-14T13:41:59.507+00:00Hi Sue, you're in the, 'zone '. I reme...Hi Sue, you're in the, 'zone '. I remember years ago, crashing a rally car and sustaining some injuries, I found myself in hospital, but not, if you know what I mean. I could switch in and out of reality, and for a time I couldn't distinguish what was real, so I was in the ' zone '. The doctors told me it was a coping mechanism, but I actually controlled it,it wasn't involuntary....I quite enjoyed it really, but when I saw the photos of me, later, I was really shocked, luckily I recovered completely, a couple of scars to show for the incident, but nothing to show the grand children.<br />Anyway, It could be presumptious of me to assume a connection between our situations, it just struck me as I read your piece.<br />The other thing I want to mention, is the quality of your writing, I am constantly impressed, when you're out and about, you must get that novel started, if anyone has a literary future it's you. I can't wait for your first Booker ! Take care. :-)KENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161100235389055056noreply@blogger.com